bagatelle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ === Noun === bagatelle (countable and uncountable, plural bagatelles) A trifle; an insubstantial thing. Synonyms: bag of shells; see also Thesaurus:trifle (literature, music) A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character. (uncountable) A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only. (uncountable) Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins. Synonyms: pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== carom pachinko pinball === Verb === bagatelle (third-person singular simple present bagatelles, present participle bagatelling, simple past and past participle bagatelled) (intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle. (transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle. === Further reading === “bagatelle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bagatelle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “bagatelle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bagattella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ɡa.tɛl/ === Noun === bagatelle f (plural bagatelles) bagatelle, trinket, bauble (food) trifle ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: bagatel·la → Danish: bagatel → Dutch: bagatel → English: bagatelle → German: Bagatelle → Greek: μπαγκατέλα (bagkatéla) === Further reading === “bagatelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === bagatelle f plural of bagatella === Anagrams === gabellate